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I've been using Linux for longer than I can remember. Over those years I have written a number of "top 5" lists for various publications.
So I thought it would be fun to share with the Ghacks readers my "top 5 top 5s". I'll give the category and a short description of each entry in the list. Hopefully you will find something new or something you had forgotten. With that said, let's get to the lists.
Top 5 distributions
Top 5 applications
Let's not pick nits and divide into categories. Let's just see who bubbles up to the very tip-top.
Top 5 desktops
You'll never see any favoritism in this category. Will you?
Top 5 commands
Top 5 places to get help with Linux
Final thoughts
Do you have a top 5 that relates to Linux? If so, share it with your Ghacks readers.
Ghacks is a technology news blog that was founded in 2005 by Martin Brinkmann. It has since then become one of the most popular tech news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers.
Isn’t that four top 5s?
Chrome is the biggest privacy hazard ever to hit computing (until the Chrome OS came along, that is). You’re giving away so much information to Google, it’s almost literally like having a malware key-logger installed on your system. At the very least, use the unauthorized SAFE versions such as the German-made variant of Chrome called IRON.
It’s frankly disturbing to see good open source code being used for such dark purposes.
srware Iron is nothing more then publicity stunt to attract attention to srware. Google for it and you will gid the quotes from irc logs where srwareguy was asking chromium developers for hints. And the way he distributes his modified source says it all.
Uh…, Why should they NOT want to get noticed? Who doesn’t want to get bravo’s? The point is not who is the most selfless and modest. Do they do the job? Do they do what they say they do? Maybe you want to be the Secret Santa for the world – cool. Do so. Give us a product better than their’s and let nobody know…. Yeah, right. That’s gonna happen.
It’s free. It’s good. It works! So what if they want credit for making it and giving it away? Grow up and stop hating.
Which IRC channels are recommended?
mint 8 is the best
Fedora has Enlightenment and Compiz
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/enlightenment
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/compiz
‘When in doubt, Google …’
Whether in doubt or not, google is fabulous!
I’d like to try Elive but they require a “donation” to download. I see an unstable release at Softpedia but I’d like to try a stable release. Any idea where I can find it?
I am using the Elive ”UNSTABLE” version 1.9.60 and nothing is unstable about this release it works like magic and even if you donate
$ 10.00 it won’t break the bank.
and yes Linux Mint 8,Fedora and let’s not forget the beautiful Mandriva
along with Debian they all Rock
Viva Linux!
One more thing ,Google Chrome is of course a Privacy Hazard.
Like Drewvt said,use SRware Iron it based on Chromium just unpack it and create a launcher under Debian and there you go.
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1031
and it has an amazing ad blocking feature
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/06/block-ads-in-chrome-based-srware-iron-with-a-single-file/
Untrue. While I’m doubtful about Google Chrome, SRware Iron is worse.
Read this and look for iron:
http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/chromium-dev-2008-09-17
Iron is just something to attract attention(=money) to their company.
Again, what do you have against money? They have to feed their kids just like anybody else. If giving you something good for free ,no strings attached, in the hopes that they will attract somebody that will actually pay for their hard work makes them evil, what are YOU?
How many paychecks will YOU miss before you tell your boss to kiss off?
Is their house freeware? Is their car freeware? Are their clothes freeware? Are their groceries freeware? No. They have to PAY for those things (just like most of us). So, they give you something good for free, and they try to make a buck in goodwill to try to keep their lights on and their internet connection paid. What do you think the world OWES you?
very nice list ……..